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, 1he same, reference .being Y v ings, making a part of thisspefoifieation, and to the wagon-body, broken wagon-body that can be fold The letterA, of the dra in such manner slats, and have threads outv uponl them, immediately justed, is held -irmly in place by l W@ l .strut i. C. MCFERRAN AND A..P'. BLUNT COLUMNA. v

,0F WASHINGTQ N, DISTRICT OF Letters'latent No. 85,94*!" datedv .Tanne/ry 19, 1869.

nurnovmmmnv Wheels-'Bouma Be it known that we, J. O. MOFEBRAN and A. P.' BLUNT, of Washington, in the county of Washington, and District oflGolumbia, have invented a new 'and valuable Improvement in Wagon-Bodies; and we do hereby-declare thatthe following isa full, clear, and exact description of .the'eonstruetion land operation of hadto the annexed drawletters and figures of reierencez'niarked thereon. Figure 1, of the drawings; is a side view of our o toshow a hinge thereof; h lgure 2 is a view'of the rear` end of our. wagon-v body; an'd A A p Figures' 3 and 4 are details. v A Our invention relates to wagon-bodies; and

It consists in furnishing, for; the use oi an army, a. ed togetherand readi usted by novel' and etiicient means, the object being toecou' omize space inthe transportation thereof'.

wings, represents the' bottom of our army-"gQn body, and the letters B repr'e-- sent the-sides.

` The, front end-board is marked a', kand the rear endboard is marked c, all of which are framed or battened as to give them great-.strength and durability. Attherear end' 'of ourA w 'bn-body, vertically, as show n, through tlie top, bottoml slats of the si rods h, These rods and passing middle, and' are riveted to thesaid top and bottom below said top slats, ad small nuts marked i.'

This rear end-board last mentioned and the means of slots cut in apted' to reeeiye :and .work with is adiutable betweenthe rods -boards of the side-boards, by ysaid end-board', andwhen admeans of the button s, arranged and operating as shown.

At-the outer .ends `of the bottom eross-bar of the and which also serves as one e rocking holsters ofthe bodyywe aix the. hinged extend, respectively, from the u diagonallines, until they inpoints immediately below the'top sidefrails of the body. At the points'last named these braces are clasped around said rods, and areheldin `eboards, respectively, are .the j m l 'The VSchedule referred so in these Letters Patent and making par: of the same.

To au whom. ma/y' @Wn working uponthe threads of said rods, below the clasps thereof.

The front' end-board of our wagon-body is constructed in .two parts, and hinged together in the manner shown, 'and a too1-box, o, is attached thereto, in' such manner that the front side 'of said boxV forms a pa-rt ofthe endboard.

The letteisw are hin`ges,eonnecting the side-boards of the body with the bottom thereof, and furnishing means by which said side-boards may be folded inward at will,.so that'they may rest upon the bottom respectively. 'Care must be taken to constrimt the. hside-boardsnof sufficient width to cover the bottofn,

and not overlap eaoh other. side-boards form an even Hoor above the' bottom, and serve as a firm bed to receive another` folded wagonbody. Five or six' bodies may thus be made to occupy no more space than one ordinary Body not constructed Yfor folding y p On the'tcp ofthe side-rails series ofspurs, marked y on `the drawings. These spurs t intoeo'xrespouding grooves or openings in the bottom rails of lthe side-boards, erate as braces and supports for 'and `espeeially giving strength an -w and the hinged'braees u.

` Our device possesses great merits, aid in transportation of army-wagons shipboard, but also in various agriculturm and commercial pursuits; as, for' example, the farmer Iwho is desirous of economizin'g room in his shed, barn or ether carnage-depository,- mey fold. the bodies of] his wagons together, and hoist them upward out of reach.

Various other economieal'results to be gained bythe use of our folding wagon-body willreadily suggest them;A selves to a praetieal'mind. What we 'claim as our-invention, and desire to se: eure by Letter'siPatent, is'' A wagon-body, construe shown and described, andhavin u., nuts. i5, spurs y,

the parts thus united,

not Aonly as av.'

, J. 0. MGFERRANL 'Witnesses: A. P. BLITNT.

y J. 0. SMITH,

the desired position fu my, by means of the nuts i JAMES-P. Gnnvns.

When thu's folded, said.

of the bottom, a,

respectively, and opd firmness to the hinges by land and or?.

tedin the manner bereiden'- arranged, 

